396 xxxv. meliace^e. [Dysoxylum. 
white 1 to 3 in short terminal cymes, -2 in. long. Calyx saucer¬ 
shaped, lobes obscure. Petals oblong obtuse, glabrous outside, 
puberulous inside, mouth nearly entire; anthers 10. Disc cylindric 
hairy longer than the hairy ovary. Hab. Hill forest. Penang, 
Government Hill at 1500 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(12) D. cauliflorum Hiern, l.c. i. 549; King, l.c. 45. (Fig. 40, 
p. 396.) 
Tree about 60 ft. tall, 2 ft. through. Leaves 15 to 24 in. long; 
rachis angled; leaflets 9 to 13 opposite and alternate, oblong- 
elliptic shortly acuminate, base cuneate or rounded very unequal, 
membranous glabrous; nerves 8 to 13 pairs sub-prominent beneath, 
4 to 7 in. long, 175 to 275 in. vide; petiolules *2 to *3 in. long. 
Spikes 1 to 3 in. long, crowded on tubercles on the lower part of 
the trunk, tomentose. Flowers numerous cream colour scented of 
almonds '3 to -35 in. long. Calyx cupular pubescent nearly entire 
to 4-lobed, Petals narrow linear-oblong glabrous. Stamen-tube 
free nearly glabrous, silky inside; teeth 8 broad. Disc tubular 
longer than ovary, glabrous. Ovary and style pilose. Fruit ovoid 
apiculate smooth glabrous, splitting into 4 valves, red. Seeds 
plano-convex black, aril at top and bottom red. Hab. Common 
in forests, Singapore, Tanglin; Bukit Timah. Malacca, Selandor. 
Perak, Larut, and Ulu Slim (Kunstler). Penang, Government Hill 
1200 ft. altitude and Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Native names : Baiun 
hijau; Guatak; Kuleun; Jarong. 
var. elongatum. D. cuneatum Hiern, l.c. i. 549; King, l.c. 47. 
Differs only in the fruiting stem elongating to 12 in. long and the 
fruit being less pointed. Malacca (Maingay). Only a single specimen. 
(13) D. flavescens Hiern, l.c. i. 549; King, l.c. 49. D. 
Griffithii Hiern, l.c. ; King, l.c. 46. 
A tree. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long, glabrous; leaflets 9 to 13 
alternate membranous elliptic to oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 
base rounded or shortly cuneate slightly oblique; nerves numerous, 
very faint, midrib only prominent, 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; 
petiolules -i to *25 in. long. Flowers crowded in short racemes 
below the leaves on the branches, -5 to -4 in. long rather thick, 
pubescent. Calyx very short nearly flat 4-toothed pubescent. 
Petals 4 pale yellow linear-oblong pubescent outside. Stamen- 
tube pubescent outside, teeth 8. Disc glabrous longer than the 
hairy tomentose ovary. Fruit obovoid 1*25 in. long, grey-tomentose. 
Hab. Thick forests, Singapore, Bukit Timah; Changi. Malacca 
(Maingay, Griffith). Penang Hill. 
(14) D. densiflorum Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bot. iv. 9; King, 
l.c. 46. 
Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall, 6 to 12 in. through. Leaves 15 to 20 in. 
long; rachis angular puberulous; leaflets alternate, elliptic or oblong 
acuminate, base rounded or sub-cuneate unequal, glabrous (or 
hairy on the lower midrib); nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 4*5 to 7 in. long, 
